Bug 1480342 (CVE-2017-12799)

Summary: CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_notes function in bfd/elf.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: erik-fedora, fedora-mingw, jakub, kanderso, klember, ktietz, law, mcermak, mnewsome, mpolacek, nickc, ohudlick, rjones, yselkowi
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 19:24:03 UTC 
The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21933

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=957e1fc1c5d0262e4b2f764cf031ad1458446498
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 19:24:22 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480343]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1480344]